This contemporary translation may not accurately represent the role of the bunyip in pre-contact Aboriginal mythology or its possible origins before written accounts were made. The word bunyip is usually translated by Aboriginal Australians today as "devil" or "evil spirit". The origin of the word bunyip has been traced to the Wemba-Wemba or Wergaia language of the Aboriginal people of Victoria, in South-Eastern Australia. The bunyip is a creature from the aboriginal mythology of southeastern Australia, said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes. Illustration of a Bunyip by J. Macfarlane (1890) For Australian musical theatre, see Bunyip (musical). For the 1959 trimaran sailboat, see Bunyip 20. For the Gawler newspaper, see The Bunyip. For the town in Australia, see Bunyip, Victoria. This article is about a creature in Australian Aboriginal folklore.
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